Greens Island Cove

Greens Island Cove is a bay in Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine. Greens Island Cove is situated nearby to the locality Dushane Hille, as well as near Arey Neck.

Type: Bay
Also known as: “Green’s Island Cove”
Address: ME

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heron Neck Light Station and Vinalhaven Public Library.

Heron Neck Light Station

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Heron Neck Light is a lighthouse on Green's Island in Vinalhaven, Maine at the south end of Penobscot Bay. It was established in 1854 as an aid to navigation for Vinalhaven's main port, and for the Hurricane Channel extending northwest from Heron's Neck.

Vinalhaven Public Library

Library

The Vinalhaven Public Library is the public library serving the island community of Vinalhaven, Maine. It is located at 6 Carver Street in downtown Vinalhaven, in a small architecturally distinguished Prairie School building built in 1906 with financial support from Andrew Carnegie.

Union Church of Vinalhaven

Church

The Union Church of Vinalhaven is a historic church on East Main Street in the center of Vinalhaven, Maine. Built in 1899, it is a high quality example of Shingle style architecture, designed by one of its major promoters, John Calvin Stevens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vinalhaven and North Haven.

Vinalhaven

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Vinalhaven is a historic island town situated in the Fox Islands archipelago within the Mid Coast region of Maine, United States. Located in Knox County, approximately 15 miles across the waters of Penobscot Bay from the mainland city of Rockland, it stands as home to roughly 1,200 permanent residents a population that swells dramatically during the peak summer months.

North Haven

Photo: Jp498, CC BY-SA 2.5.

North Haven is a town and island in Knox County, Maine, United States, in Penobscot Bay. The town is both a year-round island community and a prominent summer colony.

Greens Island Cove

Category: body of water
Location: Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.03888° or 44° 2′ 20″ north

Longitude

-68.8632° or 68° 51′ 48″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

87PH24QP+HP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369072093

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4965973

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dushane Hille and Arey Neck.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Talbot Island and Greens Island.

Knox County: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Rockland, North Haven, Vinalhaven, and Camden.

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